Ren'Py - Completed - Memory of Lust [v0.8] [Desire Forger]

All The story line was so compelling and that is what got me hooked. Dont read books but i enjoy reading this entire story here from the first line until the last line, at times felt like felt like being involved in the story itself and keeps you guessing all the way through.

Nice game

Pros:
easy to play
character models looks nice
good animations
plenty of content and things to do

Cons
no repeat for lewd scenes
no choices
game ends abruptly
a lot of scenes and situations are very 1-sided sexually
no ability to affect lewd scenes in any way
weird need to rest even if scene had time skip to next day
Ending ask you if you wanna go for final quest, however because there is no option to repeat sex scenes there is no reason to stay as all ladies just sit around and barely greet you
"Completed" is just "i don't wanna work on it anymore" kind of a shame, game have plenty of content and with few finishing touches could be proper 1.0 completed

⠀⠀⠀There is absolutely no coherence in storytelling, reading feels like either everything is happening out of order or we are missing sizeable chunks of the narrative. When MC talk to strangers like they're buddies, is it supposed to be this way, or did I miss something?
⠀⠀⠀Characters might as well be fleshlights, I mean they certainly have charisma and personality of one. There are a lot, and they have varied bodies/appearances, but their names could be Sex Partner 1, Sex Partner 2, Sex Partner 3, etc. and it wouldn't have made a difference.
⠀⠀⠀Why are there times of day? Why days of week? Why are we able to navigate through every place right after the prologue, even when we've got nothing to do there? Why do we have to sleep between each "quest" stage? Why are we asking the same three pointless questions to every goddamn character we meet? It seems like every 'game' mechanic there is either superficial or exist purely to pad the runtime.
⠀⠀⠀Sex happens so suddenly as if the author is trying to surprise you, needless to say there is no build up nor context. Animations are fine (tho most are asset flips) in terms of motion, but there is a lot of clipping and body deformation, there are voices and sound effects (which is nice), sex talk is generic and half of it is just groaning, scenes are pretty short.
⠀⠀⠀Game doesn't look that good: scenery has low detail, objects are low-poly, textures are smudged, models have imperfections, MC has baby face and so on. Honestly a lot of stuff looks like it's made of plasticine.

Tbf I don't see any potential, even if the game was finished, it's just a glorified scene viewer, and the only value there is a scuffed fap material.

Version 0.8, apparently "completed", but i cannot finish it becaise the only objective i have is to check temple ruins so i tried it at all times of day and all weekdays to no avail and nothing is happening, can't tell if it's some gamebreaking bug or game is just not done further or i'm just stupid, anything in other areas doesn't work as well. Either way it's far enough to be able to write a review and i stopped caring by this point.

So premise is simple, you wake up in a church without memories after being almost killed, several pretty ladies got you on your feet, entire town filled with more pretty ladies, sounds like a recipe for success and if someone who cared had this in their hands it would be awesome. And there is one thing i will give the game credit for, amount of different girls is WILD, there are tens and tens of them and all are varied and have unique designs.

Sadly it's the only positive i can say. Everyone jump on MC within 10 sentenses (quite often it's not even exaggeration), there is so little buildup it might as well be a negative number, a lot of characters and side characters are made for only one scene and then lose relevance, sandbox nature (it's a kinetic novel, why the hell you needed a sandbox) makes absolutely CERTAIN you will see a lot of events out of order and someone you very loudly ravaged in previous scene will act like a blushing virgin in the next, you often will stumble upon characters, start doing the sex, then will catch yourself thinking "hmm, i wonder who they are or why are we banging, should i know them?". A lot of characters are simply... never used? For example i've had exactly zero interactions with infirmary and guild crews and MANY others, maybe it's later on after the game is fixed or finished, i personally don't care by this point.

Writing is pathetic, animations are not bad but developer need to check dictionary for the word "transitions" cause hoo boy, animations are also awfully looped and then often start jerking at the end of the loop making it feel like a creepypasta. The whole sandbox and times of day cycles are pointless and add nothing.

It's not exactly complete trash, but it's so barebones and low effort it can be kinda miserable to experience. It's a good framework and all i saw in this is incredible amount of wasted potential by a developer who simple didn't care a single bit. Do not recommend.